Chapter Summaries

Shihui Aburame and Tsunade traveled with Team 8 into the Land of Rivers to pursue Raiga Kurosuki while also completing the Bikōchū mission. After sharing a camp and a kiss, they spent the night together in Tsunade’s tent, leaving their growing feelings hidden from the rest of the team.

• Shihui Aburame assigned Shino Aburame and Akamaru to scout as the group traveled, then promised Tsunade ten million for helping with Raiga Kurosuki’s gold mine mission.
• Shino Aburame asked to fight Raiga Kurosuki first to test his Sage Mode, and Shihui Aburame agreed.
• At camp, Tsunade caught fish by punching them in the stream, and Shihui Aburame dried her feet before she kissed his forehead.
• Shihui Aburame cooked the fish for the team, then went to Tsunade’s tent after midnight and persuaded her to let him sleep beside her.
• Tsunade stroked Shihui Aburame’s head, they kissed, and she bit his lip before kicking him away; they eventually settled close together and woke the next morning.

Shihui Aburame trained with Hinata Hyuga, then helped Tsunade capture three Kamizuru Clan members while searching for the Bikōchū. After Shino Aburame found the insect, Shihui’s team began its next mission involving Raiga Kurosuki.

• Shihui Aburame accompanied Hinata Hyuga to the river, gave her a Bluebird Ice Coffin Gu, and sparred with her as she practiced the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms.
• Shihui Aburame cooked breakfast for Tsunade and the others, and Shino Aburame reported that the Bikōchū valley was about two hours away.
• At the valley, Shihui Aburame detected three Kamizuru Clan members following the team and went with Tsunade to confront them.
• Tsunade defeated Suzumebachi, Jibachi, and Kurobachi, and Shihui Aburame ordered Anbu to take them away for questioning about their clan’s secret technique.
• Shihui Aburame invited Tsunade to meet him at midnight, and she agreed after he offered her nectar wine and a gift.
• Shino Aburame found the Bikōchū, and Shihui Aburame announced that the team’s next mission involved Raiga Kurosuki and the Kurosuki Clan.

Shihui Aburame gave Tsunade three Wood Release Gu that let her control plants and absorb natural energy, then the two shared an intimate, drunken kiss before he left her tent. The next day, the group reached the Katabami Gold Mine and found Raiga Kurosuki staging a funeral with a living person inside the coffin.

• Shihui Aburame gave Tsunade the Wood Charm Gu, Vine Claw Gu, and Every Tree and Bush a Soldier Gu, allowing her to use a distinctive form of Wood Release and draw in natural energy.
• Tsunade thanked Shihui Aburame, then kissed him while drunk and pulled him close before sending him back to his tent.
• Shihui Aburame received the Rank Five Turtle Jade Wolf Skin Gu as a reward for Tsunade's achievement.
• The group continued toward the Katabami Gold Mine, where Shihui Aburame recalled his plan to kill Raiga Kurosuki and take control of the mine.
• Hinata Hyuga used her Byakugan to spot a funeral and a living person inside the coffin, so Shihui Aburame told her to turn it off.
• Shihui Aburame and the others approached Raiga Kurosuki, who was weeping beside a coffin as the person inside begged for help.

Shino Aburame used his kikaichū’s Sage Mode to defeat Raiga Kurosuki, while Hinata Hyuga and Kiba Inuzuka captured the remaining enemies. Shihui Aburame decided to interrogate and kill Raiga and take Ranmaru back for research, gaining several Gu rewards along the way.

• Shino Aburame protected the group from Raiga Kurosuki’s lightning attack with Sage Art: Insect Wall Technique, then fought him using his kikaichū’s Sage Mode.
• Shino Aburame’s insects endured Raiga Kurosuki’s lightning techniques, and Shino used Exploding Insects to wound him after exploiting Ranmaru’s brief loss of sight.
• Hinata Hyuga and Kiba Inuzuka defeated the remaining Kurosuki Clan ninja, then Hinata sealed Raiga Kurosuki’s chakra points and captured him.
• Shihui Aburame said Raiga Kurosuki would be interrogated and killed, and that Ranmaru would be taken back for research.
• Shihui Aburame received Rainbow Transformation Gu, Swallow Wing Gu, and Sword Qi Gu after achievements were unlocked.

Shihui Aburame returned to Konoha after the Katabami Gold Mine mission and accepted a request from Shion, the priestess of the Land of Demons. At home, he grew closer to Tsunade and Shizune, while preparing for the mission scheduled two weeks later.

• Shihui Aburame gave Shino Aburame information about the Kamizuru Clan and sent Team 8 home to rest after their mission.
• Shihui Aburame paid Tsunade ten million ryo, kissed her forehead, and fled before she could retaliate.
• Shizune woke in the Hokage's office, and Shihui Aburame pressed her to decide whether she was ready to take their relationship further.
• Shihui Aburame read Shion's request for aid from the Land of Demons, accepted the mission, and told Shizune to send a definite reply.
• Tsunade returned from the casino having lost money, and Shihui Aburame agreed to cover her losses.
• Shizune visited Shihui Aburame's room that night, where he made her eat an excessive late-night snack before she left in annoyance.

Shihui Aburame decided to have Konoha take control of the casinos to profit from them and curb ninja gambling, while he also prepared for a mission involving Moryo. After receiving Raiga Kurosuki’s intelligence, he visited Sasuke and asked Uchiha Mikoto to put the Konoha Military Police Force on the casino investigation.

• Shihui Aburame learned that the Achievement System had rewarded him with Ice Explosion Gu, then woke and teased Shizune as she made breakfast.
• Shihui Aburame proposed taking control of the casinos, and Shizune agreed to have the Konoha Military Police Force investigate them.
• Uzuki Yugao reported that work at the Katabami Gold Mine would resume within two days, and Shihui Aburame reviewed news about the Land of Demons and planned to confront Moryo.
• Inoichi Yamanaka delivered Raiga Kurosuki’s interrogation intelligence, including Kirigakure secrets and Lightning Release techniques involving the twin blades Kiba.
• Shihui Aburame visited Sasuke Uchiha, gave him scrolls about Raiga’s techniques, and told him a mission was planned in two weeks.
• Shihui Aburame asked Uchiha Mikoto to have the Konoha Military Police Force investigate the casinos, and she agreed.

Shihui Aburame reunited with Karin, assigned her to a mission in the Land of Demons, and received a Snake Enslavement Gu after she showed her affection for him. He then discussed the Yomi Cult with Shizune, and their conversation ended with Shihui moving in to kiss her.

• Sasuke Uchiha asked Shihui Aburame who had forged the Lightning Fire Sword, then left after learning it was Tenten's father.
• Karin reunited with Shihui, and he told her she would join him and Sasuke on a mission to the Land of Demons in two weeks.
• Karin bit and licked Shihui's neck before Shihui combed her hair, and he received the Snake Enslavement Gu after unlocking her achievement.
• Shizune found Shihui reading about Yomi, and he explained that the Land of Demons had hired them to guard the Sealing Shrine against the Yomi Cult.
• Shihui beckoned Shizune closer, caught her wrist, and moved to kiss her as she rose onto her toes to meet him.

Shihui Aburame traveled with Karin and Sasuke Uchiha to the Land of Demons for a mission involving Moryo and encountered the priestess Shion. After Shion used her prophetic sight on him, she trembled and stared at him in horror.

• Shihui Aburame left Konoha with Karin and Sasuke Uchiha, choosing a route through the Land of Wind to avoid detection by Nagato in the Land of Rain.
• On the journey, Shihui Aburame warned Karin and Sasuke Uchiha that they might clash with Iwagakure and Kumogakure ninja, and he told them Moryo was about as powerful as a tailed beast.
• Shihui Aburame and his companions reached the Priestess's Shrine, where they encountered C from Kumogakure and were escorted by Taruho to meet Shion.
• Shion asked Shihui Aburame to step forward and used her prophetic sight, then trembled and looked at him in horror.

Shion foresaw Shihui Aburame defeating Moryo and hoped he could end the priestesses’ cycle of sacrifice. Karin asked Shion to predict whether she would marry Shihui, and Shion saw that Karin would be one of several brides; Shihui then received a Water Curtain Skyflower Gu reward.

• Shion’s vision showed Shihui defeating Moryo, and she grabbed his hand before recognizing him as the Sixth Hokage and welcoming him.
• Shihui, Karin, and Sasuke Uchiha rested at the shrine, where C and Samui visited; C considered exploiting an opportunity to let Moryo kill Shihui, while Samui urged him to inform Mabui.
• Shihui explained his past encounter with Kumogakure to Karin and revealed that he had sent Anbu to the Sealing Shrine as a precaution.
• Shion reflected on how meeting Shihui had completed her prophecy and wondered whether the priestesses’ sacrifices would end.
• Karin visited Shion and asked whether she would marry Shihui; Shion foresaw that Karin would marry him alongside other brides but did not tell her.
• Shihui received the Water Curtain Skyflower Gu, a Rank Four Gu worm that could create a powerful stationary water barrier.

Yomi freed Moryo and reunited him with his body, while Shion’s allies tried to draw the Immortal Army toward the Land of Swamps. Moryo reached Shion and overwhelmed the assembled ninja, leaving Shihui Aburame poised to intervene.

• Yomi opened the Sealing Temple, let Moryo possess him, and awakened the terracotta Immortal Army.
• Shihui Aburame told Shion that the Immortal Army was approaching and that Yomi had gone to the Land of Swamps, so Shion led the guards and allied ninja out to lure the army away.
• Kitsuchi, Samui, Sasuke Uchiha, and the other ninja fought the Immortal Army while Shion and Shihui Aburame continued toward the Land of Swamps.
• Yomi brought Moryo to its body in the volcano, where Moryo burst from Yomi and rose to attack Shion.
• Moryo broke through the ninja’s defenses, killed three Iwagakure ninja, and forced Shion to ask Shihui Aburame to fight.

Shihui Aburame overwhelmed Moryo and helped Karin seal it, saving Shion and the allied ninja. Shion thanked him, while realizing the priestess lineage might still depend on him if Moryo ever escaped.

• Shihui Aburame rescued Samui and struck Moryo with a punch that sent it reeling, then Kitsuchi and the Kumogakure ninja retreated as he took over the fight.
• Shihui Aburame pierced Moryo with the Golden Rainbow Strike and resisted its mental assault before knocking it into a crater with another powerful punch.
• Moryo regenerated and claimed it was immortal, but Shihui Aburame continued battering it while Karin restrained it with her Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Karin sealed Moryo inside a scroll using a jutsu that had once sealed the Nine-Tails, while Shion worried it might escape again someday.
• Shion bowed to Shihui Aburame and thanked him for saving her.

Shihui Aburame sealed Moryo and took it back to Konoha, freeing the priestess lineage from its long-standing threat. After Shion agreed to an alliance with Konoha, she asked Shihui to father a daughter to inherit her lineage, and he left the possibility for when she was older.

• Shion thanked Shihui Aburame for sealing Moryo, and he agreed to take the monster back to Konoha.
• Kitsuchi and C thanked Shihui Aburame before the Iwagakure and Kumogakure ninja departed, while Sasuke Uchiha reflected on Shihui's overwhelming speed and strength.
• Shihui Aburame received the Wind Tiger Cloud Dragon Gu, Snow Filling the Sky Gu, and Group Strength Gu as mission achievements.
• Shion invited Shihui Aburame to lunch and proposed an alliance between the Land of Demons and Konoha, which he accepted.
• Shion asked Shihui Aburame to help continue the shrine maiden's lineage by fathering a daughter; he told her to discuss it when she was grown up.
• Shihui Aburame unlocked the Righteous Qi Gu after speaking with Shion.

After Shihui Aburame defeated and sealed Moryo, the other hidden villages and Akatsuki recognized him as a growing threat. He returned to Konoha and ordered an investigation of Otogakure as he prepared to pursue Orochimaru.

• Kitsuchi told Ōnoki and Kurotsuchi that Shihui Aburame had sealed Moryo, prompting concern in Iwagakure about Konoha's young Hokage.
• C reported Shihui's strength to the Fourth Raikage, while Mabui and C discussed his potential weakness in Samui.
• Konan informed Deva Path Pain that Shihui had defeated Moryo, and they discussed the Three-Tails' revival and Akatsuki's funding.
• Shihui left the Land of Demons with Karin and Sasuke Uchiha, then returned to Konoha the next morning and reunited with Shizune.
• Shihui ordered Shizune to have the Anbu locate Otogakure so Konoha could prepare to go after Orochimaru.

Shihui Aburame gave Ino Yamanaka the sealed Moryo to absorb, then won Tsunade a fortune at the casino and collected his wager with a kiss. Back at the Senju residence, he spent the evening with Tsunade and Shizune, who later came to his room in a maid outfit and gave him a massage.

• Shihui Aburame met Ino Yamanaka, gave her the sealed Moryo, and asked her to go shopping with him sometime.
• Shihui Aburame won seventeen casino rounds in a row, took over two million ryo for Tsunade, and received the Gold Touch Gu achievement reward.
• Tsunade kissed Shihui Aburame at home to fulfill their wager, then bit him when he kissed her again.
• Shizune served dinner, and Shihui Aburame continued cultivating as he neared Rank Five.
• Shizune came to Shihui Aburame's room in a maid outfit and gave him a massage until he fell asleep.

Shihui Aburame received the Land of Demons alliance documents and learned that the Anbu had located Otogakure, so he planned to capture Orochimaru with Sasuke Uchiha, Tsunade, and Might Guy. After spending the evening with Tsunade, he left for the mission’s timing undecided, saying he would go within the next few days.

• Shihui Aburame read Shion’s letter, which thanked him and again raised the prospect of having a daughter, after Shizune teased him about receiving a personal message.
• Uzuki Yugao reported that the Anbu had found Otogakure, and Shihui Aburame decided to bring Sasuke Uchiha, Tsunade, and Might Guy to capture Orochimaru.
• Shihui Aburame found Tsunade gambling, then told her about the plan; Tsunade agreed to join him and warned that capturing Orochimaru would be difficult.
• Shihui Aburame bought ingredients and cooked dinner for Tsunade and Shizune, asking Shizune to tell Might Guy not to accept missions for two weeks.
• Tsunade rested on the sofa after dinner, kissed Shihui Aburame on the cheek, and asked when he would leave for Otogakure; he said he would go within the next few days.

Shihui Aburame advanced to Rank Five and received a Gu that could awaken an aperture in someone without cultivation aptitude. He prepared to lure Orochimaru out with Sasuke, then set off for Otogakure with Tsunade and Might Guy.

• Shihui Aburame took Karin to the hot springs, where he broke through to Rank Five and gained Human Strength Triumphs over Heaven Gu.
• Shihui Aburame told Shizune to arrange a meeting with Might Guy and asked Kakashi Hatake to send Sasuke Uchiha ahead as bait for Orochimaru.
• Shihui Aburame explained to Tsunade that he planned to lure Orochimaru out by using Sasuke, whose safety was protected by the Golden Thread Robe Gu.
• Kakashi Hatake told Sasuke Uchiha they would stage an act to draw Orochimaru toward them in the Land of Rice Fields.
• Shizune joined Shihui Aburame in bed for a while before leaving, and he later met Tsunade and Might Guy at Konoha's main gate to depart.

Kakashi Hatake and Sasuke Uchiha used Fuma Sasame to reach the Fuma Clan, where they fought its three Jonin while Shihui Aburame and his allies waited for Orochimaru. Orochimaru arrived intending to capture Sasuke, and Shihui confronted him before Guren attacked.

• Kakashi Hatake and Sasuke Uchiha recognized Fuma Sasame as a Fuma Clan ninja, and Sasuke used the Sharingan to learn that she wanted to find her cousin Fuma Arashi.
• Fuma Sasame led Kakashi Hatake and Sasuke Uchiha to the Fuma Clan's valley, where Fuma Kagero, Fuma Kamikiri, and Fuma Jigumo attacked them.
• Orochimaru learned that Sasuke Uchiha was at the Fuma Clan's base and decided to go there himself with Guren, Jūgo, and Hozuki Suigetsu.
• Shihui Aburame, Tsunade, and Might Guy watched the battle and prepared for Orochimaru's arrival, with Tsunade and Might Guy assigned to handle a possible Impure World Reincarnation.
• Orochimaru arrived at the valley, Shihui Aburame revealed himself, and Guren formed a crystal blade and attacked him.

Sasuke Uchiha and Shihui Aburame fought Orochimaru and his allies while a battle involving the resurrected Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju raged nearby. Shihui defeated Orochimaru and used the Enslavement Gu to make him his subordinate, then flew toward the other battlefield.

• Sasuke Uchiha fought Orochimaru, Jūgo, and Guren, while Shihui Aburame defeated Hozuki Suigetsu with one punch.
• Orochimaru transformed with the Eight Branches Technique and overwhelmed Sasuke Uchiha, whose Mangekyō Sharingan and attacks failed to stop him.
• Shihui Aburame used Wind Tiger Cloud Dragon Gu and his strength Gu to batter Orochimaru and leave him severely wounded.
• Shihui Aburame stopped Orochimaru from escaping, immobilized him, and successfully implanted the Enslavement Gu.
• Orochimaru knelt and swore himself to Shihui Aburame, who ordered him to control his subordinates and flew toward the other battlefield.

Kabuto Yakushi summoned Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju to fight Tsunade and Might Guy, but Tsunade’s Gu and Sage Transformation helped her hold Hashirama off while Orochimaru was defeated elsewhere. Shihui Aburame found Kabuto and joined Tsunade, leaving Kabuto to wait for Orochimaru before releasing Impure World Reincarnation.

• Kabuto Yakushi used two Otogakure Genin as sacrifices to summon Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, then erased their wills.
• Tsunade and Might Guy fought the two Hokage; Tsunade used Every Tree and Bush a Soldier Gu to disrupt Hashirama’s Wood Release, then used Hundred-Year Wood Charm and Sage Art: Superhuman Strength to break through his forest.
• Kabuto Yakushi saw Orochimaru’s eight-headed serpent collapse and feared that Orochimaru had been defeated.
• Shihui Aburame found Kabuto Yakushi, told him Orochimaru was not dead, and asked him to wait before releasing Impure World Reincarnation.
• Shihui Aburame appeared beside Tsunade and cut down the branches attacking them with Sword Qi Gu.

Shihui Aburame defeated the reanimated Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, then had Kabuto Yakushi restore their free will. He secured Orochimaru’s cooperation and reviewed his new Gu rewards before preparing to return to Konoha with Orochimaru, while Tsunade brought Hashirama and Tobirama over to meet him.

• Shihui Aburame burned Hashirama Senju’s vines, knocked him down, and immobilized him while Tsunade asked to speak with her grandfather.
• Might Guy struck Tobirama Senju with his Seventh Gate, and Shihui Aburame immobilized Tobirama before Tsunade treated Guy.
• Orochimaru told Kabuto Yakushi that Otogakure would serve Shihui Aburame, and Shihui explained that he and Orochimaru had agreed to cooperate.
• Kabuto Yakushi removed the talismans controlling Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, and Tsunade reunited with her grandfather before leading the two Senju away.
• Shihui Aburame reviewed the rewards from his achievements and told Orochimaru to return to Konoha with him while Otogakure remained in place.
• Tsunade returned and told Shihui Aburame that Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju wanted to meet him.